The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Sheet 192

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

while the other foot rested on the ground. The
woman sympathetically said to the potter, “How
tired your foot must be!” Raising his eyes, the
man said, “No, ma’am, it isn’t the foot that works
that is tired; it is the foot that stands.” The people
that do the least in the Church do the most com-
plaining about too much work; the people that
give the least to God’s kingdom complain most
about the great deal that is expected of them. The
Christian who works seldom complains.

Spilling the Sermon. — There is a Sunday-school
in Siam taught by the missionaries directly after
their return from church. The children attend the
services, and in Sunday-school they are asked what
they can remember of the sermon. On most Sun-
days they have something to tell; but one day not a
child could tell a thing that had been said by the
preacher. The silence grew longer and longer. At
last a little fellow piped up: “Teacher, while I was
there, I caught a whole bowlful, but I spilled it on
the way home.” Do any of us spill the sermon on
our way home?

Atlanta, Ga.—“St. Mark’s sustained a great loss
in the death of Mrs. Charlotte Burch. She was
one of the organizers of our church in Atlanta,
having come there from Charlotte, N. C., where she
had been a member of St. Paul’s. — Mrs. Carrie
Jackson was recently added to the membership of
St. Mark’s. —'The school is well attended. —
Special Reformation services were held on Oc-
tober 31.” — J. ALSTON.

What a Printed Gospel Did. — Somebody in
a small town, away from the beaten path, had
received a printed gospel in some way. He read it
again and again. Finally the head men of the
village sent a messenger to call a Christian worker
to come and teach them more about Jesus. A native
catechist was sent, and after a trip on foot through
jungles infested with wild animals he arrived at
the village and was welcomed by the head men.
He stayed there for some time and before leaving
was able to baptize a number of men. Since then
nearly three hundred have been baptized in this
one village. And all this was brought about by a
printed copy of one of the gospels which got into
the village!

A Mohammedan “Molvi” Becomes a Christian.—
Not long ago a “Molvi,” 2 Mohammedan religious
teacher or priest, became a Christian. Eight years
ago he got a Testament, and after reading it re-
peatedly during these years, he was more and more
drawn to Jesus. Finally he cast all earthly con-

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siderations to the winds and offered himself for
baptismal instruction. While he was being pre-
pared for baptism, he also brought his wife and
son and asked the missionary to instruct them. All
three were baptized on one day.

A True Story of Two Brothers.

Some thirty years ago twins were born in a
little village in Northern India. Both seemed
equally bright little boys. One was named Ganesh
and the other Gopal. When the twins were eight
or nine years old, a famine occurred in that region
where they lived, and in the struggle to obtain
food the family became separated.

Little Gopal became attached to a band of
people who desired to leave that famine region,
and in the course of a few weeks they traveled
probably a hundred miles. There little Gopal,
with others, found work at a famine relief camp,
and his days of starvation were over.

When the famine was over, Gopal found other
employment in a near-by city and decided to make
that city his home. He sometimes thought of his
parents and his twin brother Ganesh and longed
to see them. One day he met some people whom he
had formerly known, and they told him his parents
had died, but that they did not know what had
become of his brother. This news seemed to break
all ties with his former life, and Gopal settled down
to earn his living the best he could in the city
where he lived.

Years went by, and when Gopal was about
twenty years of age, he heard the Gospel-story for
the first time. From the very first, by the grace of
God, he was attracted by the glad tidings of sal-
vation, and he determined to learn more. Soon he
decided to become a Christian and was baptized;
and he asked the missionary to teach him to read.
In a few years more this young man became 2
Christian missionary worker, and he is to this day
a devoted, earnest Christian, seeking to give the
Gospel-message to others. He is married to a good
Christian woman, has two children who are going
to school, and his home is a truly Christian home.

One day, while out touring in a distant district,
Gopal preached the story of Jesus in a little way-
side village. The huts were broken down and
miserable, and. the people who occupied them
seemed even more miserable.

There was something about one of the men,:
who seemed to be an old man, that reminded Gopal